The Sun SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington BureauSeptember 9, 2014 Congress is moving to crack down on tax-return fraud, a form of identity theft that has exploded across Florida in recent years.The House passed a bill this week introduced by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz that would toughen penalties and widen enforcement to try to spare taxpayers from losing thousands of… Read more »
Tahmooressi, who has family and roots in Weston, was arrested in March by Mexican authorities when he crossed the border from California with three loaded firearms in the car. Since then his mother, Jill Tahmooressi, and American officials including Secretary of State John Kerry and members of Congress such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz have tried without success to get him out. Read more »
For all of us in the Jewish community, these incidents are like a knife in the heart, bringing back memories of a time where hatred and bigotry ran rampant. But this issue is not just a concern for the Jewish community. All of us who care about the rights of minority populations in this country, who contribute to the rich diversity that makes up our great nation, should be concerned and speak out. We cannot afford to be silent as unbridled and blatant hatred and vitriol work their way into our communities wherever bigotry, prejudice, and injustice exist - wherever those communities may be. Read more »
But U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, who chairs the Democratic National Committee, placed the blame on governors and legislators of states that declined to create their own insurance exchanges. "People should not be penalized when their governors and legislatures refuse to set up state-run exchanges,'' she said in a written statement. "If the D.C. court's ruling were final it would create a horrible, disparate system of haves and have nots in Florida and nationwide that Congress clearly did not intend.'' Advocates of the health law expressed confidence that the status quo for federal subsidies would stand. Read more »
A fight over those EPA rules extended to the House Appropriations Committee, which took up a separate measure funding the Interior Department and the EPA Tuesday morning. A Democratic bid to preserve the EPA rules failed by a 29-18 vote. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., labeled the measure "an ideological dumping ground of short-sided environmental policies." Read more »
Childe said she complained to the state and to her congresswoman, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who chairs the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz issued a statement Friday saying she has heard from "a couple of constituents'' about this issue. "My staff has raised it with the Department of Health and Human Services as well as directly with some of the insurance companies. ... I believe the onus is on the insurers and the providers to bridge this gap and provide reliable, consistent customer service." Read more »
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who regularly hosts small-business workshops, is promoting the child-care training program in South Florida and beyond. It was her idea to bring Perlman to the White House-sponsored summit, which is designed to advance President Barack Obama's agenda for working families. That includes making high-quality child care available and affordable. Read more »
The congresswoman spoke to HuffPost Live on Monday from the first White House Summit on Working Families, and specifically lamented the number of parents she sees slaving away at their jobs only to have entire paychecks go towards child care. Read more »
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is best known as a member of Congress and chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Now, she's become the clean cooking congresswoman. "I've really gone through this lifestyle change. I'm not a vegan or anything you could label. But I really started caring about what I put in my body," she said in an interview. And she's documenting it on social media. On the Instagram photo sharing and networking site, her page is "cleancookingcongresswoman," where she's been posting pictures since late April of what she creates at home in Weston and in Washington, plus commentary about the dishes. Read more »
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is best known as a member of Congress and chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Now, she's become the clean cooking congresswoman. "I've really gone through this lifestyle change. I'm not a vegan or anything you could label. But I really started caring about what I put in my body," she said in an interview. And she's documenting it on social media. On the Instagram photo sharing and networking site, her page is "cleancookingcongresswoman," where she's been posting pictures since late April of what she creates at home in Weston and in Washington, plus commentary about the dishes. Read more »
